Dr Rebecca Williams
@volcanologist.bsky.social
Reader in Volcanology in Geology @Hull. Waffle about volcanoes, HigherEd, tea and occasional running. SFHEA & STEM ambassador. She/her.
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It's about time I announced a project that I've been working on in the last year... I wrote a book!
'Volcanoes: 10 things you should know' published by @orionbooks.bsky.social Seven Dials will be out in September. It's available to pre-order now. Links: linktr.ee/volcanologist
'Volcanoes: 10 things you should know' published by @orionbooks.bsky.social Seven Dials will be out in September. It's available to pre-order now. Links: linktr.ee/volcanologist
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I just re-found the National Geographic episode on volcanoes that I used to watch nearly daily when I was like 6 years old!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQN...
National Geographic: Volcano! (1989)
YouTube video by Rando Retro Video
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:56 AM
I just re-found the National Geographic episode on volcanoes that I used to watch nearly daily when I was like 6 years old!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQN...
Fangirling an autonomous underwater vehicle with @drnatashadowey.bsky.social at @noc.ac.uk hosted @vmsg.bsky.social Annual Meeting!
January 6, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Fangirling an autonomous underwater vehicle with @drnatashadowey.bsky.social at @noc.ac.uk hosted @vmsg.bsky.social Annual Meeting!
I did my undergrad geological mapping dissertation near here. Fabulous location.
Le Vélodrome : un objet géologique emblématique des Alpes
– Une structure géologique sédimentaire et tectonique polyphasée montrant inversion de série, discordance, plissement, nappe de charriage et érosion
– par Éloïse Bessière #géologie #teamSVT
planet-terre.ens-lyon.fr/ressource/Im...
– Une structure géologique sédimentaire et tectonique polyphasée montrant inversion de série, discordance, plissement, nappe de charriage et érosion
– par Éloïse Bessière #géologie #teamSVT
planet-terre.ens-lyon.fr/ressource/Im...
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I did my undergrad geological mapping dissertation near here. Fabulous location.
On my way to a Volcanology conference, so of course there are adverse weather conditions. 🥶🫣
#IYKYK
#VMSG26
@vmsg.bsky.social 🌋
#IYKYK
#VMSG26
@vmsg.bsky.social 🌋
January 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
On my way to a Volcanology conference, so of course there are adverse weather conditions. 🥶🫣
#IYKYK
#VMSG26
@vmsg.bsky.social 🌋
#IYKYK
#VMSG26
@vmsg.bsky.social 🌋
Argh, this.
And whenever I post about something like this I get a tonne of people suggesting open source alternatives. Yes cool, cool. But on a work-managed laptop or when interacting with work systems, I don't have control over the platform. 😫
And whenever I post about something like this I get a tonne of people suggesting open source alternatives. Yes cool, cool. But on a work-managed laptop or when interacting with work systems, I don't have control over the platform. 😫
As someone who often conducts fieldwork in remote places, I find it really irritating that many basic applications now require an internet connection to function.
December 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Argh, this.
And whenever I post about something like this I get a tonne of people suggesting open source alternatives. Yes cool, cool. But on a work-managed laptop or when interacting with work systems, I don't have control over the platform. 😫
And whenever I post about something like this I get a tonne of people suggesting open source alternatives. Yes cool, cool. But on a work-managed laptop or when interacting with work systems, I don't have control over the platform. 😫
Merry Christmas to you! Hope you're having a lovely time x
December 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Merry Christmas to you! Hope you're having a lovely time x
The most wonderful time of the year
December 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The most wonderful time of the year
Merry Christmas! 🎉💐🎄
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Merry Christmas! 🎉💐🎄
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I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
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🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
Launch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards
As announced in Budget 2025 -
nserc-crsng.canada.ca
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
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See the thing about Dan is that he's awesome. Go work with him.
🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
Launch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards
As announced in Budget 2025 -
nserc-crsng.canada.ca
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
See the thing about Dan is that he's awesome. Go work with him.
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📣 We seek to appoint a Chair (with rank of professor) within the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences. The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar of international standing in the field.
🗓 Closing Date: 23 March 2026
Full details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
🗓 Closing Date: 23 March 2026
Full details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Chair in Earth Sciences - AC2672
Chair in Earth Sciences - AC2672,
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Salary: Grade 9/Negotiable
Start Date: September 2026
,
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www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk
December 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📣 We seek to appoint a Chair (with rank of professor) within the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences. The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar of international standing in the field.
🗓 Closing Date: 23 March 2026
Full details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
🗓 Closing Date: 23 March 2026
Full details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Thank you! I don't get over seeing this in the wild 😁
December 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thank you! I don't get over seeing this in the wild 😁
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something I saw in Waterstones that Father Xmas or the Three wise men can bring to our nephews/nieces
cc @volcanologist.bsky.social
cc @volcanologist.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
something I saw in Waterstones that Father Xmas or the Three wise men can bring to our nephews/nieces
cc @volcanologist.bsky.social
cc @volcanologist.bsky.social
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On the winter solstice, the Sun rises and shines down the length of the 5,100-year-old Newgrange passage tomb in County Meath, Ireland.
Remarkable designing and implementation by the Neolithic engineers who built it.
Remarkable designing and implementation by the Neolithic engineers who built it.
December 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
On the winter solstice, the Sun rises and shines down the length of the 5,100-year-old Newgrange passage tomb in County Meath, Ireland.
Remarkable designing and implementation by the Neolithic engineers who built it.
Remarkable designing and implementation by the Neolithic engineers who built it.
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The deployment of “ai” is not a case study in diffusion of innovation or adoption of new technology. It is a case study in coerced implementation, it is social engineering by the elite class and it’s bad for people and bad for the planet
NEW: Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
How Local Activists are Interrupting Big Tech AI Investments
unicornriot.ninja/2025/data-ce...
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense - UNICORN RIOT
As Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims you should “build data centers” if “you want low electricity prices,” more than 200 environmental organizations have joined to “demand a halt to the bui...
unicornriot.ninja
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The deployment of “ai” is not a case study in diffusion of innovation or adoption of new technology. It is a case study in coerced implementation, it is social engineering by the elite class and it’s bad for people and bad for the planet
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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
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Six caldera collapses are known to have occurred at basaltic volcanoes on land since the late 1960s, including most recently at Bárðarbunga in Iceland and Kīlauea on Hawaiʻi.
Lessons and Lingering Questions from Collapsing Basaltic Calderas - Eos
Research into the hazardous collapses of basaltic volcanoes has revealed common physical processes, but addressing remaining questions requires learning more from historical events.
eos.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Six caldera collapses are known to have occurred at basaltic volcanoes on land since the late 1960s, including most recently at Bárðarbunga in Iceland and Kīlauea on Hawaiʻi.
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Nominations for the Royal Society's medals and awards are still open. Help us celebrate excellence across the sciences and across the world, with nominations open to both individuals and teams. Find out more: #RSMedals
https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/nominations/
https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/nominations/
December 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Nominations for the Royal Society's medals and awards are still open. Help us celebrate excellence across the sciences and across the world, with nominations open to both individuals and teams. Find out more: #RSMedals
https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/nominations/
https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/nominations/
This is the 10th time I've seen this reposted, each time I've stared at it for ages trying to figure out what on earth is interesting about it, and the first time I've got it. Finally. Blimey.
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is the 10th time I've seen this reposted, each time I've stared at it for ages trying to figure out what on earth is interesting about it, and the first time I've got it. Finally. Blimey.
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Was really challenging to participate in this, but I think I was able to pen something real, important, and personal to my experience in AI. Remember that GenAI is not *all* of AI nor all of what it should be.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
December 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Was really challenging to participate in this, but I think I was able to pen something real, important, and personal to my experience in AI. Remember that GenAI is not *all* of AI nor all of what it should be.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
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Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
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If anyone out there wants to explore this avalanche database and write a blog post about it! Let us know!
Our Guidelines for Contributors: niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#envhist #cdnhist
Our Guidelines for Contributors: niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#envhist #cdnhist
December 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If anyone out there wants to explore this avalanche database and write a blog post about it! Let us know!
Our Guidelines for Contributors: niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#envhist #cdnhist
Our Guidelines for Contributors: niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#envhist #cdnhist
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
When as an academic Mum I'm:
*Trying to remember what day Christmas Jumper Day is
*Trying to remember what day Christmas Party Day is
*See two different Christmas performances
*Finish all my work before break
*Cope without after school clubs
*Be joyful
When as an academic Mum I'm:
*Trying to remember what day Christmas Jumper Day is
*Trying to remember what day Christmas Party Day is
*See two different Christmas performances
*Finish all my work before break
*Cope without after school clubs
*Be joyful
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
When as an academic Mum I'm:
*Trying to remember what day Christmas Jumper Day is
*Trying to remember what day Christmas Party Day is
*See two different Christmas performances
*Finish all my work before break
*Cope without after school clubs
*Be joyful
When as an academic Mum I'm:
*Trying to remember what day Christmas Jumper Day is
*Trying to remember what day Christmas Party Day is
*See two different Christmas performances
*Finish all my work before break
*Cope without after school clubs
*Be joyful